Nick Szabo's 1998 proposal for a decentralized digital currency using proof-of-work and cryptographic chains, widely regarded as the most direct precursor to Bitcoin.
Cryptographer, computer scientist, and legal scholar who coined the term "smart contracts" in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a direct precursor to Bitcoin's architecture.
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in 2008 and launched the network in 2009.
The foundational nine-page paper by Satoshi Nakamoto that introduced Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
Wei Dai's 1998 proposal for an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system, the first reference cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper and one of the earliest designs for decentralized digital currency.
Cryptographer, computer scientist, and legal scholar who coined the term "smart contracts" in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a direct precursor to Bitcoin's architecture.
Mathematician, co-founder of the cypherpunks mailing list, and author of "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto" (1993). A foundational figure in the privacy and cryptography movement that laid the intellectual groundwork for Bitcoin.
The foundational nine-page paper by Satoshi Nakamoto that introduced Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
Wei Dai's 1998 proposal for an anonymous, distributed electronic cash system, the first reference cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper and one of the earliest designs for decentralized digital currency.